On 13 Jan 2019: #MelStottlemyre, American #baseballpitcher (5 x #MLB All Star; NY Yankees) and coach (5 x World Series; NY Mets, NY Yankees), died of #cancer at 77.
#RIP 🪔

#OnThisDay in 2011, #BobForsch, American #MLB #baseballpitcher, 1974-1989 (St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros), died of a thoracic aortic aneurysm at 61.
#RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

#OnThisDay in 2019, #JimBouton, American #baseballpitcher, 1962-70 and 1978 (New York Yankees and 3 other teams; All-Star, 1969), #author ("Ball Four"), and broadcaster, died of cerebral amyloid angiopathy at 80.
#RIP 🎗

#OnThisDay in 2023, #VidaBlue, American #baseballpitcher (6 x #MLB All-Star; Cy Young Award & AL MVP 1971; World Series 1972, 73, 74 Oakland A's; SF Giants, KC Royals), died at 73. 🕯
#RIP

#OnThisDay in 2024, #KenHoltzman, American #baseballpitcher (2 x no hitters 1969, 71 Chicago Cubs; #MLB All Star 1972-73, World Series 1972-74 Oakland A's), died of heart disease at 78. 🕊
#RIP